A teacher by profession, but is now in his 38th year as a football writer. Has written for "Soccer Action" (Melbourne), "Australian Soccer Weekly" (Sydney) and "World Soccer" (London), as well as for several Tasmanian newspapers. Currently contributing to "Goal!Weekly" in Melbourne and the Australian magazine "Soccer International". Played for Croatia-Glenorchy, Caledonians, Metro, Rapid and University in Tasmania, as well as in the United States of America. Coached University, Metro and Croatia-Glenorchy.

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University should maintain top spot in Southern Premier League

Photo: University skipper Aaron Hindmarsh should steer his side to victory today against New Town Eagles [PlessPix]

University should have no problem in maintaining their lead at the top of the Southern Premier League standings when they host bottom-side New Town Eagles at 2.30pm today at Olinda Grove.

“Last weekend we played two games against Taroona and Kingborough and we scored three goals and conceded two,” said University coach, Romilton Amaral.

“This is not a bad effort, but despite it taking us to the top of the ladder in SPL, it was not good enough to take us to the semi-finals in the Lakoseljac cup.

“This means there is a lot of room for improvement.

“In this sense, we understand this game against Newtown in the SPL is as important as any other game.

“Every game is worth exactly 3 points. We know New Town is working hard to rebuild, but we can't afford to take them lightly.

“We will play them with the same intensity that we played Taroona and Kingborough.

“We are three points clear ahead of Clarence and we want to make sure we keep this advantage to the second round.

“In yesterday’s training session, we worked on our attack as we have wasted so many scoring opportunities.

“We now have increased the ratio of balls on target, so hopefully, this weekend we can do a better job.

“Our midfield has been doing very well and our defence has improved so much, so I’m looking forward to the weekend.

“We are planning to bring in some of the players that have not been able to play 90 minutes.

“Peter Frank is returning into our defensive line-up. John Buga will be introduced to play with his brother, Alex, and Ronald John will lead our attack and consolidate his leadership in that area of the field.”

Nelson Eastern Suburbs welcome Taroona to North Warrane today for a 2.30pm kick-off and Taroona must be favoured to come away with the three points.

Nelson make two changes from last weekend’s team, with Luke Wallace returning from injury and Heetham Hekmat returning after being unavailable against Clarence.

"We have had some disappointing results over the past three weeks, but we are looking forward to playing on our home ground for the first time this year and finishing the first full round of matches with a positive result,” Reason said.

Photo: Taroona coach, George Krambousanos, said six of his players are heading to Brazil to watch the World Cup [PlessPix]

Taroona coach, George Krambousanos, is disappointed he has so far been unable to field his best side this season.